Director, Corporate Marketing - job 1 of 2

About Us:

Datadog is the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. Our SaaS product is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stack, allowing for seamless collaboration and problem-solving among Dev, Ops and Security teams globally. Given the resilience of cloud technologies and importance placed today in digital operations and agility, Datadog continues to innovate and is well positioned for the long term. 

The Team 

We are a fast-moving, analytically focused B2B marketing team. We show innovative companies how they can improve their applications and get to market faster. We execute hundreds of events, thousands of marketing campaigns, research and evangelize ideas that move our industry forward, and more.

The Opportunity 

Are you a compelling storyteller to both business and technical audiences? Have you built and scaled corporate marketing teams? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment and love working across cross-functional teams? If so, then we want to talk to you!

Datadog is the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, and recognized as a leader in the Gartner MQ for APM. As we have scaled, our key external stakeholders have expanded from the users who use our product everyday, to business and technology leaders, business and technology press, and industry analysts. Datadog is hiring for a proven Corporate Marketing leader who can lead the continued build out, and execution, of our global communications strategy to scale our awareness and reach with this diverse audience.

You Will:

•  Lead Datadog’s global CxO thought leadership programs, PR, AR and Customer Advocacy teams
•  Build, refine and scale communications programs that reach out to new audiences in new geographies
•  Implement a metrics-based approach to measure effectiveness and impact of corporate marketing
•  Act as a trusted thought partner to Datadog’s executive leadership, and provide support to our CxO leadership team for external press communications
•  Lead a team of 5, and manage external agencies in EMEA and APAC

You Are:

•  Experienced marketing professional with 6+ years of experience in corporate marketing, PR or AR
•  Hands-on experience building both business and technology narratives within the enterprise technology landscape e.g. API Management, APM, Cloud Security, DevOps etc.
•  Able to lead through influence by establishing strong, collaborative relationships across executive, product and marketing leaders
•  Compelling written and oral communication and storytelling skills
•  Demonstrated experience building and scaling successful teams

Bonus Points:

•  Proven success in pitching to, and placing articles with Tier 1 Business and Technology press
•  Experience of skip level management i.e. managing managers

Why You Should Apply:

• Generous and competitive global and US benefits
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
• An opportunity to join a newly established team
• Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
• Best-in-breed onboarding
• Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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